K-type star · orange

HR 4509

178 lybrightness mag 6.38K0III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 101917 · HIP 57137

5,013 K

temperature

6.38

apparent magnitude

7.30× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III/IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

178 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

7.30×

the Sun's light output

2.69

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4509K-type

Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction

Nearest stars

Nu Cha →21 ly apart
HR 4385 →21 ly apart
Iot Cha →23 ly apart
Zet Oct →29 ly apart
HD 82458 →36 ly apart
The Cha →37 ly apart

Bright stars in Chamaeleon

Alp Cha →mag 4.0
Gam Cha →mag 4.1
Bet Cha →mag 4.2
The Cha →mag 4.3
Del2Cha →mag 4.5
Eps Cha →mag 4.9
Kap Cha →mag 5.0
Zet Cha →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Chamaeleon

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.